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ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
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0008500 | ardour | bugs | public | 2020-12-15 08:05 | 2021-02-13 08:05 |
Reporter | stillbreathing | Assigned To | paul | ||
Priority | normal | Severity | minor | Reproducibility | always |
Status | closed | Resolution | no change required | ||
Platform | Microsoft | OS | Windows | OS Version | 10 |
Product Version | 6.5 | ||||
Summary | 0008500: Ardour does not honor display scaling | ||||
Description | Ardour 6.5 does not honour the scaling settings in Windows, making the UI extremely small and very difficult to use. I have recently upgraded from Ardour 6.1 (I think) which worked correctly. I have a Dell XPS 15" laptop with a 4K display (3840x2160), connected to a Dell 34" monitor (3440x1440). Window scaling is set at the recommended 250%. The attachments show what this looks like to me, and the problem affects the tracks window, the mixer window and all dialogue boxes. The title bar of the windows and dialogue boxes is the correct size, but everything inside the windows is tiny. I've installed a new version of the Dell Display Manager app (which handles some settings on the 34" monitor) and rebooted several times. I've also tried changing several preferences in the "Appearence" section. | ||||
Steps To Reproduce | Windows 10, version 1909 (build 18363.1256). Dell XPS 15" laptop with 4K display with scaling set to 250%. Dell 34" monitor. | ||||
Tags | display, double screen, scaling, ui, Windows | ||||
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When you say "Window scaling", do you mean Ardour's Preferences > Appearance > GUI and Font scaling? |
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No, I meant the scaling setting as set in Windows itself - it compensates for high-dpi screens be allowing the user to scale up apps. Previous versions of Ardour seemed to support this scaling automatically, but 6.5 doesn't. I didn't know about the Preferences > Appearance > GUI and Font scaling option (as I've never had to use it!), so thank you for telling me about that. Setting that to the maximum means that Ardour is now usable for me. I have to admit I've noticed some strange scaling issues in one other app (OpenShot) so it may be that a recent Windows update has caused the error. I'm investigating further. Thanks. |
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> I meant the scaling setting as set in Windows itself The scaling used for common desktop/spreadsheet applications is usually not applicable for authoring tools. At first application start, Ardour offers to configure scaling (relative to desktop default font-size). And you can later customize it in Preferences > Appearance. |
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The scaling I'm talking about has previously worked for Ardour, and works for many other non-common desktop applications (I'm a software developer by trade, so have all manner of stuff installed). However, I have fixed it, using the settings discussed here: https://blog.pauby.com/post/high-dpi-settings-windows-10/ Hopefully this will help any other Windows users who have the same issue. |
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Issue has been closed automatically, by Trigger Close Plugin. Feel free to re-open with additional information if you think the issue is not resolved. |
Date Modified | Username | Field | Change |
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2020-12-15 08:05 | stillbreathing | New Issue | |
2020-12-15 08:05 | stillbreathing | Tag Attached: display | |
2020-12-15 08:05 | stillbreathing | Tag Attached: double screen | |
2020-12-15 08:05 | stillbreathing | Tag Attached: scaling | |
2020-12-15 08:05 | stillbreathing | Tag Attached: ui | |
2020-12-15 08:05 | stillbreathing | Tag Attached: Windows | |
2020-12-15 08:05 | stillbreathing | File Added: scaling-issue-1.png | |
2020-12-15 08:05 | stillbreathing | File Added: scaling-issue-2.png | |
2020-12-15 13:51 | x42 | Note Added: 0025314 | |
2020-12-15 14:59 | stillbreathing | Note Added: 0025315 | |
2020-12-15 15:38 | x42 | Note Added: 0025316 | |
2020-12-15 15:39 | x42 | Note Edited: 0025316 | |
2020-12-15 17:28 | stillbreathing | File Added: dpi-properties.png | |
2020-12-15 17:28 | stillbreathing | Note Added: 0025317 | |
2021-01-05 16:14 | paul | Assigned To | => paul |
2021-01-05 16:14 | paul | Status | new => resolved |
2021-01-05 16:14 | paul | Resolution | open => no change required |
2021-02-13 08:05 | anonymous | Note Added: 0025518 | |
2021-02-13 08:05 | anonymous | Status | resolved => closed |